Some archaeological evidence even dates them back to the Stone Age, when humans were first documented as having eaten them. Today’s alpines come from the Fragaria vesca berries that were indigenous to ancient Persia. The berries go from green to ripe to overripe in a blink, and their flesh is softer than what you might be more accustomed to.īut pick them at the right time, when the flesh has a little give and the fruit readily separates from its green cap, and one bite of an alpine strawberry will make you want to rip up your other strawberries and plant only alpines in their place. You’ll probably never find alpine strawberries in a supermarket, because they’re simply too fragile to make the trip through modern processing and packaging. To chefs, alpine strawberries are sometimes called gourmet strawberries because of their refined texture and taste. The plant itself is a compact perennial, growing 8 to 10 inches tall with bright green foliage and delicate white flowers. They concentrate all of their energy into their fruits, which also grow smaller than cultivated market varieties - no more than an inch long with pointed ends, and almost conical in shape. Related: How Far Apart to Plant Strawberries for the Biggest, Juiciest Berries Where you plant them is where they’ll stay, making them ideal for small spaces such as balconies and borders. Unlike conventional strawberries, which love to spread, most cultivated alpine strawberries don’t sprout runners.
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They’re full of sweetness and lack the tartness of commercially grown strawberries which, in my opinion, prove that bigger is not always better. I liken them to cotton candy, but with added notes of pineapple and rose. Green, lush, prolific, and full of melt-in-your-mouth berries bursting with a flavor that’s hard to pin down.
I grow a few different varieties of strawberries (as well as blueberries and other berries) but the stars of all my summer berries, hands down, are the Yellow Wonder alpine strawberries (Fragaria vesca).Īlpine strawberries are just about the most perfect patio plant you could hope for.
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